Charlie and the Chocolate Factory vs Small Wonder_display: Which Should You Read?

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Roald Dahl · 1964 ★★★★☆ 4.2 178 pages · ≈ 3 h 18 m · Light

“These two very old people are the father and mother of Mr. Bucket.”

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a 1964 children's novel by British author Roald Dahl. The story features the adventures of young Charlie Bucket inside the chocolate factory of eccentric chocolatier Willy…

Small Wonder_display Barbara Kingsolver · 2002 ★★★★☆ 3.9 277 pages · ≈ 5 h 08 m · Moderate

“On a cool October day in the oak-forested hills of Lorestan Province in Iran, a lost child was saved in an inconceivable way.”

Sometimes grave, occasionally hilarious, and ultimately persuasive, Small Wonder is a hopeful examination of the people we seem to be, and what we might yet make of ourselves. In her new essay collection, the beloved…